Spring Concepts and REST APIs
In the previous chapter, we learned about the REST architecture style. Before we go and implement RESTful web services using Spring and Spring Boot, we need to have a proper understanding of the basic Spring concepts. In this chapter, you will learn about the Spring fundamentals and features that are required to implement RESTful web services using the Spring Framework. This will provide the technical perspective required for developing the example e-commerce app. If you are already aware of the Spring fundamentals required for implementing RESTful APIs, you can move on to the next chapter.
We’ll cover the following topics as part of this chapter:
- Introduction to Spring
- Understanding the basic concepts of the Spring Framework
- Working with the servlet dispatcher
